Snatcher

n/a

Snatcher

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Konami

KCE Tokyo

Original system(s): PC-8801

Sound driver:

SCSP (1 track)

Peripherals supported:

Justifier

Genre: Adventure

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-01^[1]		T-95035
EU	1994-11		T-95035-50
UK	1994-12-15	£39.9939.99^[2]	T-95035-05
AU	199x
JP	1996-03-29	¥5,8005,800	T-9508G

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Snatcher (スナッチャー) is a graphic adventure game produced by Konami. It was originally released for the Japanese PC-8801 and MSX2 computers in 1988 and later remade for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² in 1992. In 1994, a Sega Mega-CD version was made specifically for the west and released in North America and Europe without any equivalent version on the Japanese Mega-CD. In 1996, the game was re-released in Japan once again, this time on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

It was written and directed by Hideo Kojima, who would go on to become famous thanks to the success of the Metal Gear Solid series, although he was not directly involved with the Mega-CD version or the later 32-bit console versions. It was followed by Policenauts, which Kojima also wrote and directed.

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Producer: Tomikazu Kirita, Yutaka Haruki
Creator: Hideo Kojima
Character Design: Tomiharu Kinoshita
Supervisor: Jeremy Blaustein
Director: Yoshinori Sasaki
Assistant Director: Mitsuhiro Togo
Staff:
- Main Programmer: Masahiko Saito
- Sub Programmer: Yoshinori Sasaki, Hidenari Inamura
- Utility Program: Mitsuhiro Togo, Hidenari Inamura
- Sound Programmer: Osamu Kasai, Akira Souji
- Main Graphic Designer: Satoshi Kushibuchi
- Graphic Designer: Keita Nose, Yuichi Kobayashi, Keiichirou Toyama, Sakura, Junko. K, Mihoko
- Sound Design: Keizou Nakamura, Masanori Adachi, Kazuhito Imai, Masanori Ouchi, Akira Yamaoka
- Scenario Command Compiler: Toshiya Adachi
- Scenario Command Interpreter: Hidenari Inamura
- Scenario Rewrite: Mitsuhiro Togo, Jeremy Blaustein
- Package Design: Shogo Kumasaka, Satoshi Imaeda
- Package Illustrator: Yuji Kaida
- Translator: Scott T. Hards, Intac
Cast:
- Gillian Seed: Jeff Lupetin
- Metal Gear: Lucy Childs
- Random Hajile: Ray Van Steen
- Jamie Seed: Susan Mele
- Mika Slayton: Kimberley Harne
- Katrina Gibson: Lynn Foosaner
- Snatcher: Jeff Lupetin
- Napoleon: Jim Parks
- Harry Benson: Ray Van Steen
- Jean Jack Gibson: Jim Parks
- Elijah Modnar: Ray Van Steen
- Ivan Rodorigez: Jim Parks
- Lisa: Lynn Foosaner
- Chin Shu Oh: Ray Van Steen
- Female Employee: Lucy Childs
- Narrator: Ray Van Steen
- Telephone Operator: Lynn Foosaner
- Ramen Guy: Ray Van Steen
- Fortune Teller: Susan Mele
Special Thanks: Michael Blaustein, Atsushi Fujio, Taeko Hayasaka, Kazuki Muraoka, Yoshihiko Oota, Motoaki Furukawa, Yoshikazu Matsuhana, Kenji Shinohara, Shinya Inoue
Produced By: Konami Co., Ltd.

Saturn version

Cast: Yusaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuo Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa, Miina Tominaga, Ryuji Saikachi, Isao Inoguchi, Goro Naya

Staff

Producer: Kazuhisa Hashimoto
Game Designer/Script Writer: Hideo Kojima
Scenario Command Compiler Programmer: Hiroki Honda
Main System Programmer: Tadaaki 'ぴょん' Tsunashima
Game Object Programmers: 〠Akinari Takaki〠, Takao 'ヤバ' Yamagishi, Kazuki 'Tails' Araki, Atsushi 'Pachi_Nakatani' Mizutani, Hiroyuki 'Gaglae' Asada
Adaptation: Kensuke Yoshitomi, Takao 'ヤバ' Yamagishi
Dot Graphics Drawers/Arrangers: Junko '❤' Koike, Mi '?' Kimura, Naoya '★' HATSUMI, Jun '6ゾロ' Asami, Takayuki '❄' Andou
3D Graphics Modelers/Animaters: Masaya Shiraishi, Haggy, Tachan
Movie Data Editer: Yukito Komori, Akinari Takaki
Sound Programmer: Akiropito
Sound Mixer: Masanori Adachi
Music Composers/Arrangers/Performers: Kida Sun, Syouichirou Hirata
Sound Effects: Keizou Nakamura
Guest Composers: Akira Yamaoka, Hiroshi Tamawari
Guest Performer: Tappy
Original Score Composers: Kazuki Muraoka, Motoaki Furukawa, Akira Yamaoka, Hiroshi Tamawari, Kida Sun
Package&Manual Designer: Kazuhiro Iwasaki
Package Illustration: Tomiharu Kinoshita
Public Relations Officers: Nobuko Tsuboi, Hiroki Tabata, Taro Miyake
Special Thanks: H.'Spark'Ueda, Masayuki Aizawa, Mitsuhiro Togo, Hidenari Inamura, Makoto Toyama, Rieko Komatsubara, Youhei Kiyohara, Yumiko 'Arg' Takahashi
Executive Producer: Kazumi Kitaue
Developed by: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co.,Ltd.
Presented by: Konami Co.,Ltd.

Magazine articles

Main article: Snatcher/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[3]

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

90

^[14]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[16]

Freak (IL)

85

^[17]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[18]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[19]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[20]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

87

^[21]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[22]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[23]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[24]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

83

^[25]

Mega (UK)

PAL

84

^[26]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[27]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

91

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

85

^[29]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[1]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

77

^[30]

Power Unlimited (NL)

83

^[31]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[32]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[33]

Todo Sega (ES)

94

^[34]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

85

^[35]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

85

^[36]

VideoGames (US)

60

^[13]

	83
Based on 26 reviews

Snatcher

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, UK
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[39]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

20

^[40]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[41]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[42]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[43]

	66
Based on 5 reviews

Snatcher

Saturn, JP
Cover
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

625,192,176

CD (UK)

T-95035-05

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

625,192,176

CD (US)

T-95035

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

546,176,736

1995-02-13

CD-ROM (JP)

T-9508G V1.000

Track list

Saturn version

1. [data track 1]

2. [data track 2]

3. CD Warning message (special) (00:46)

► Running time: 0:46

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Snatcher

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p105-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105

[:File:CVG_UK_160.pdf_p86-2] Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 86

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p58-3] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p54_.2854-56.29-4] Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 54-56 (54)

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p46_.2844.29-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 44 (46)

[http:.2F.2Fjunkerhq.net.2Fcgi-bin.2Fdisplay.cgi.3Fimage.3Dimg506-6] ttp://junkerhq.net/cgi-bin/display.cgi?image=img506

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p120_.28118.29-7] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118 (120)

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p40_.2838.2F39.29-8] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 38/39 (40)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p72_.2872-74.29-9] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 72-74 (72)

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p105_.2899.29-10] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99 (105)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p84-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 84

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p80_.2890.29-12] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90 (80)

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p69-13] 13.0 ^13.1 VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 69

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p54-14] Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 54

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_33.pdf_p88-15] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p46-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[17] Freak, "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0212.pdf_p26-18] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0801.pdf_p70-19] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p120-20] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 120

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p40-21] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 40

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_07.pdf_p20-22] Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 20

[:File:GameInformer_US_022.pdf_p40-23] Game Informer, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GameInformer_US_098.pdf_p112-24] Game Informer, "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 112

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p54-25] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 54

[:File:Mega_UK_28.pdf_p56-26] Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 56

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-01.pdf_p85-27] Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 85

[:File:MegaTech_UK_37.pdf_p24-28] MegaTech, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 24

[:File:MeanMachinesSega27UK.pdf_p72-29] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 72

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p111-30] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 111

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_018_199502.pdf_p35-31] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 35

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_13.pdf_p94-32] Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 94

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p58-33] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 58

[:File:TodoSega_ES_23.pdf_p44-34] Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p90-35] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-02.pdf_p94-36] Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 94

[:File:SSM_JP_19960412_1996-06.pdf_p233_.28231.29-37] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 231 (233)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12_.2810.29-38] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10 (12)

[39] Famitsu, "1996-04-05" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_055.pdf_p72-40] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-12_19960607.pdf_p70-41] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 12" (JP; 1996-05-24), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19960412_1996-06.pdf_p233-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 233

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-43] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12

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Snatcher

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Mega-CD version

Saturn version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Saturn version

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

Saturn version

References